The last couple of days I have been working on a new project I want to introduce: IcingaBusylightAgent. It all began with a new telephony system in our office. Instead of using physical phones, my … Read more

In my last article I focussed on Icinga 2 and the new configuration utility Icinga Director. I mentioned that Icinga Director can be used to link Icinga to pre-existing Configuration Management Database (CMDB) systems to simplify data import. In … Read more

Icinga2 is a very powerful monitoring system that can be used optionally with the new user interface Icinga Web 2. In comparison with Icinga 1.x, those tools have been developed completely from scratch – they … Read more

Using OMD it is possible to setup a working monitoring for checking infrastructure setups just within minutes. But – what monitored OMD-relevant processes? Usually, a OMD site consists of multiple pre-configured services such as: Icinga … Read more

Recently I stumbled upon an interesting blog post about monitoring systemd units with Nagios or Icinga. But in my opinion the post’s screenshot is misleading. I looks like the linked Python scripts automatically discovers and configures systemd … Read more

When configuring and testing a Python Icinga plugin within an OMD site, I stumbled upon the following error recently: TypeError: ‘frozenset’ object is not callable After some tests on other systems, I found out, that … Read more

Koukaam NETIO power outlets offer a network interface that can be used for controlling the particular ports comfortably. It would be even nicer to monitor them with Nagios or Icinga. 2012 I created a provisional … Read more

If you’re running a PostgreSQL database on a CentOS/RHEL system and moved the data directory to a dedicated partition the following error might occur if you want to monitor the filling level using the Nagios/Icinga … Read more

If you use Open Monitoring Distribution (OMD) and don’t want to setup a full-fledged Postfix or Sendmail service (e.g. because it is a test system) you might want to have a look at the alternative … Read more